Shloka 14

Udyoga Parva Adhyaya 62 — Duryodhana’s Claim of Victory and Vidura’s Allegories on Discord and Risk

Devanagari script

क्षमा धृतिरहिंसा च समता सत्यमार्जवम्‌ | इन्द्रियाभिजयो धैर्य मार्दवं हवीरचापलम्‌,राजेन्द्र! जिस पुरुषमें क्षमा, धैर्य, अहिंसा, सम-दर्शिता, सत्य, सरलता, इन्द्रियसंयम, धीरता, मृदुता, लज्जा, स्थिरता, उदारता, अक्रोध, संतोष और श्रद्धा--ये गुण विद्यमान हैं, वह पुरुष दान्त (इन्द्रियविजयी) माना गया है

Transliteration

kṣamā dhṛtir ahiṃsā ca samatā satyam ārjavam | indriyābhijayo dhairyaṃ mārdavaṃ hrīr acāpalam, rājendra |

Translation

Vidura said: “O best of kings, the man in whom these virtues are firmly present—forbearance, steadfastness, non-violence, even-mindedness, truthfulness, straightforwardness, mastery over the senses, courage, gentleness, modesty, and freedom from fickleness—is regarded as truly dānta, a conqueror of the senses.”

Word by Word

• {'kṣamā': 'forbearance

• the capacity to endure injury without retaliation', 'dhṛtiḥ': 'steadfastness

• sustaining resolve', 'ahiṃsā': 'non-violence

• non-injury in thought, word, and deed', 'samatā': 'equanimity

• even-mindedness toward pleasure and pain, friend and foe', 'satyam': 'truth

• alignment of speech with reality and dharma', 'ārjavam': 'straightforwardness

• absence of crookedness or deceit', 'indriyābhijayaḥ': 'conquest/mastery of the senses

• restraint over impulses', 'dhairyam': 'courage

• calm endurance under pressure', 'mārdavam': 'gentleness

• non-harshness', 'hrīḥ': 'modesty

• conscientious restraint', 'acāpalam': 'absence of fickleness

• not being restless or impulsive', 'rājendra': 'O lord of kings

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• rājendra (the king addressed, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra in context)